Question 17 options: Word Bank: conservation trade blockade embargo In 1973, the Arab members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to stop selling oil to the United States and cut oil production. These countries objected to U.S. support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The result of the oil _______________________ in the United State was an increase in oil prices and oil shortages. U.S. policy makers responded immediately by working to reduce the country's reliance on foreign oil and increase oil _____________________.